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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach

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REFERENCESDouglas, M. K., and et. al., 2011. Standards of practice for culturally competentnursing care: 2011 update. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 22(4). pp.317-333.Kirmayer, L. J., 2012. Rethinking cultural competence.Durey, A., Thompson, S. C. and Wood, M., 2012. Time to bring down the twin towersin poor Aboriginal hospital care: addressing institutional racism andmisunderstandings in communication. Internal Medicine Journal. 42(1). pp.17-22.Giger, J. N., 2016. Transcultural Nursing-E-Book: Assessment and Intervention.Elsevier Health Sciences.Purnell, L. D., 2012. Transcultural health care: A culturally competent approach. FADavis.Penn, C., Watermeyer, J. and Evans, M., 2011. Why don’t patients take their drugs?The role of communication, context and culture in patient adherence and thework of the pharmacist in HIV/AIDS. Patient education and counseling. 83(3).pp.310-318.Hawala-Druy, S. and Hill, M. H., 2012. Interdisciplinary: Cultural competency andculturally congruent education for millennials in health professions. Nurseeducation today. 32(7). pp.772-778.Douglas, M2011Kirmayer, 2012.Durey,2012Giger, 2016Purnell, 2012Penn, 2011Hawala-Druy, 2012Like, 201Like, R. C., 2011. Educating clinicians about cultural competence and disparities inhealth and health care. Journal of Continuing Education in the HealthProfessions. 31(3). pp.196-206.Cancer in Australia, 2017.[Online].Availablethrough:<https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/facts-and-figures.html>.Symptoms of Cancer, 2018.[Online].Availablethrough:<https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-statistics/health-conditions-disability-deaths/cancer/overview>Health Promotion Area continued (Governmental authorities, NGOs and social workers)Authorities which are working towards cancer preventionand spreading awareness’s about Cancer are discussed and explainedin order to provide a better understanding towards harmful effects oftobacco. Cancer Council Australia – This authority is a nationalnonprofit organization which works to promote cancer controlpolicies which can reduce illness caused by cancer. This associationworks for cancer patients and for the societal community ofAustralia. This association raises funds for heath research andeducation. This authority has the legacy to help people who aresuffering from cancer or any cancerous illness. Vision of this councilis to develop a future which is cancer free. Mission of CancerCouncil Australia is to lead a cohesive approach to reduce the impactof Cancer. Few aims of this regulation are undertake and fund cancerresearch, prevent and research for a cure and to provide reliable andConclusion; From this poster it has been concluded that, tobacco hasvarious risk factors such as Cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke,chest illness, lung illness, stomach ulcers and blockage in blood flowand the risk factor which is chosen in order to have an understandingis cancer. Various Cancer authorities like Cancer Council Australia,Department of Health, Cancer Australia. national nonprofitorganization which works to promote cancer control policies.Strategies to promote culturally safe care practices including effective cross-culturalcommunicationHealth Promotion Area (Governmental authorities, NGOs and social workers)There are various authorities whichpromote cancer control practices in order to reduceillness caused by cancer in Australia. To name a fewthese authorities are Cancer Council Australia,Department of Health, National Breast and OvarianCentre and Cancer Australia. These authorities aredeveloped in order to contribute towards Australiansociety and to the sufferers of Cancer. Authoritieswhich works towards cancer patients can beauthorized by government and can be non-regulated.Regulated bodies are controlled by managed byofficials appointed by Central or State governmental.Whereas the non-regulated bodies such as NGOs andgroup of volunteers are not authorized by any statutorybody and does individual work. There are variousplans and programs which are developed by theseauthorities and some of them are:Junk free June – According to this program, variousfundraisers and can research professionals encourages toparticipate in the program of giving up the consumption of Junkfood. This event was based on the fact that one third of the mostcommon cancer can be prevented through appropriate andnutritious diet which helps in maintaining regular physicalWhat is(Cancer)Tobacco smoking and chewing is the most dangerousdisease in Australia which leads to a range of diseases such ascancer, stroke and many more. Seven risks factors which are theresult of tobacco are Cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, chestillness, lung illness, stomach ulcers and blockage in blood flow.Cancer risk is one of the most harmful and dangerous effect whichcan be caused by tobacco. Smoking and chewing tobacco is not theonly cause of cancer but also the environment of tobacco smoke canbe a reason of this disease which also referred as second handsmoke. There are various types of cancer which can be caused usingtobacco and they are lung, larynx, throat, bladder, liver, esophagusand stomach cancer. According to EL Team, there is no safe level oftobacco use. Annually 15500 people dies from this disease inAustralia. Passive smoking causes early death and other healthrelated problems (Douglas, 2011). There are around 200 types of Cancer and most of them are lifetaking. Few symptoms of Cancer are fatigue, weight loss, pain, skin changes,change in bladder function, persistent cough, voice change and many others.Few treatments of Cancer are chemotherapy and radiation therapy.The extent of Cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesAccording to the recent research, Cancer caused bytobacco is more common in men than in women. Women are likelyto has this disease only 20% whereas in men, this disease is likely to
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